Implementation of Lean System on Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier Manufacturing Process to Reduce Production Time T. Maneechotea and P. Luangpaiboonb Industrial Statistics and Operational Research Unit (ISO-RU)‚ Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Thammasat University‚ 12120‚ THAILAND. (email: Thiti.Maneechote@gmail.com) b Industrial Statistics and Operational Research Unit (ISO-RU)‚ Department of Industrial Engineering‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Thammasat University‚ 12120
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Question 1. (a) Investigate the Unified Modeling Language (UML) on the Internet. Briefly describe the functionality of UML. List down the issues and deficiencies of the diagrams used in the latest UML version and describe how these issues and deficiencies could be overcome. Answer: The UML architecture is based on the meta object facility‚ which defines the foundation for creating modelling language. They are precise enough to generate the entire application. A fully executable UML can be deployed
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Wausau Equipment Company (WECO) is a recognized multinational brand in engineering and manufacturing of machinery for agribusiness industry. In late 2000‚ the operating profit of the company declined by over 10%‚ due to high cost of labor and materials and due to increased work in process and finished goods inventory which was at a five year high of 30 million. This situation led the executive board of the company to direct John Stegier‚ president of MSD to develop and implement a comprehensive action
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Inventory Management deals essentially with balancing the inventory levels. Inventory is categorized into two types based on the demand pattern‚ which creates the need for inventory. The two types of demand are Independent Demand and Dependent Demand for inventories. The choice of how to control inventory depends upon the fact of whether or not the demand of the items has a dependent or an independent character. This difference is important in selecting an adequate inventory management approach
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Manufacturing Systems Project . Topic : How to manufacture a Refrigerator for long distance transporation of goods. 1.0 Introduction : This project will look at the manufacturing processes involved in producing a refrigerator that allows perishable goods to be transported over long distances. In reality we owe our great choice of foods in supermarkets to this invention. Companies like Thermo King from America have been making refrigerators for many years and are a large supplier of them to
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Factors Contributing to Esterline’s Performance Esterline Technologies’ performance seems like nothing short of amazing‚ speaking to the true potential of the lean manufacturing concepts when adopted correctly. The factors contributing to Esterline’s performance varied greatly. The change in their approach to problems had a dramatic impact on their successful performance. Placing more recent initiatives to improve processes in the hands of employee teams gave employees the freedom to choose what
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LEAN PRIMER by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde Version 1.5 Please send us comments for future versions‚ at www.leanprimer.com. Note: Check website for latest version; share the URL (rather than file) to keep up-to-date. Craig Larman and Bas Vodde are the authors of Scaling Lean & Agile Development. They work as management coaches in organizations adopting lean thinking. For consulting or more information‚ please see craiglarman.com and odd-e.com. Note: Lean thinking and the Toyota Way are large
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Lean Manufacturing Principles Guide Version 0.5 June 26‚ 2000 Maritech ASE Project #10 Technology Investment Agreement (TIA) 20000214 Develop and Implement a ‘World Class’ Manufacturing Model for U.S. Commercial and Naval Ship Construction Deliverable 2.2 Submitted by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. On behalf of the Project Team Members Prepared by The University of Michigan Revised data distribution statement: 10/26/01 Category B Data - Government Purpose Rights Approved
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GE’s Two-decade Transformation Jack Welch’s Leadership Managing Konwledge and Learning (#9-399-150) ANALYSIS of GE Advantage‚ Problems and risks including my suggestion/ * (1) GE *Key factors*: Hardware restructure*: When Reg Jones‚ Welch’ Predecessor‚ became CEO in 1973‚ the company organization was just completed to be centralized‚ but Jones could not able to keep up with reviewing massive volume of information generated by 43 strategic plans. Finally in 1977‚ he capped GE’s departments
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Quality Management 2nd Half | Fall 2013 Prof. Sónia Dahab Toyota: The Acceleration Crisis Francisco Vasconcelos | Inês Ferreira | Miguel Peñalta | Tomás Mourão Agenda 1. Case Summary 2. Current Issues 3. Solutions from Toyota 4. Toyota Now 5. Discussion Quality Management | Fall 2013 2 Case Summary Industry Analysis – brief description • The global automotive market is highly concentrated – fierce competition • The top four manufacturers: Toyota‚ GM‚
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